Morris v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Murder; sentence: life imprisonment.

Late on the evening of August 20, 1980, Lawrence Grizzard was shot and killed outside of his Huntsville home. When the police arrived, appellant came out of the victim’s house onto the front porch with a pistol in his hand. The appellant held both of his hands over his head and said, “Here is *82the gun, I shot him.” Appellant was arrested and charged with murder (Code § 13A-6-2(a)(l)). '

Between 6:00 and 6:30 p. m., appellant went to Ditake’s Lounge after work. His sister, Hazel Morris, joined him at the lounge two hours later, and they both…